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ALONZO GRIFFIN, OF MESHOPPEN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Lette/rs Patent No. 88,383, dated March-30, 1869;- aatedated Mil/rch 25, 1869.

The Schedule referred to 1n these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, ALONZO GRIFFIN, of Meshoppen, in the countycf Wyoming, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `the Method 'of Lettering Signs, Ornainenting Garriages, Sto.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a iullclear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, for-ming part of this specification, in which the drawing represents a letter, constructed and applied according to my improvement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of this invention relates to an improved method of lettering signs, and ornamenting carriages, and other articles.

It consists in preparing the paint to be used in sheets, and cutting thefletters or designs therefrom, and afterward securing them on-the sign to be lettered, or the thing to be ornamented, as will be more fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings.

I 'take' glue, salt, and Glaubers salts, and dissolve them in water together, andpour the solution on tin, from which i't can be scaled in thin sheets, when dry. I then coatv the sheets with paint-'or varnish, and let them dry. I then dissolve the glueaud salts with water, thereby separating them from the varnish or glue, which remains in a sheet.

Or, by another method, I take a solution of common salt, white sugar, and Glaubers salts, and spread a sheet .of paper with the same, and paint or varnish when dry,

and separate the salt and sugar in the same manner, leaving a sheet of paint on the paper, from which it canbe readily peeled when dry.

The letters or ornamental igures are-then out from the said sheets in any suitable manner, and arranged on a board in the position they are designed to occupy on the sign, or the thing'` to be ornamented. A piece of Wet paper may be then carefully spread over the letters, to which they will adhere, whereby they may be raised and placed on the sign, which has been previously'varnished, and the varnish allowed to become partly dry, care being taken to press them gently, by the hands, when the ,paper may be removed, and the letters or ornamental designs Will b e securely attached to the sign or other article.

Instead of separatin g the-paint from the paper before the letters are applied to the sign, the paper andpaint may both be out out together-in any ornamental form, t and placed in the position they are to occupy upon the sign or other device to be ornamented, \vhen,.by simply wetting the paper, it can be easily removed, leaving only the paint upon the work.

The letters or ornamental designs so prepared may be ont by dies, or by any suitable mechanism, and may be packed in cases, to be furnished ,to painters and V others, for use, not prepared with suitable means for cutting them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The improved method, herein described, oflettering signs, or ornamenting carriages, or other articles.

2. As a new article of manufacture, letters or ornaments, constructed as herein described.

ALONZO GRIFFIN. Witnesses: Y

CHARLES W. CAPWELL, LEWIS S. CAPWELL. 

